---
id: 657b110ad8afcc3f8e586362
title: Task 4
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-4
---

<!-- (Audio) Candidate: I was there for three years. I was responsible for developing web applications and maintaining the company's database. -->

# --description--

The simple past tense in English is used for actions or situations that have been completed in the past. It involves changing verbs to show that the action happened before now. In this challenge, you'll practice using the simple past form of verb `to be`.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`I _ there for three years. I _ responsible for developing web applications and maintaining the company's database.`

## --blanks--

`was`

### --feedback--

The first `was` indicates the completion of the time period the candidate spent at their previous job.

---

`was`

### --feedback--

The second `was` is used to describe past responsibility, indicating what the candidate used to do in their previous job.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "interview-room3.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Candidate",
        "position": {"x":50,"y":0,"z":1.4},
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "3.1-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 9.92,
      "finishTimestamp": 16.22
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Candidate",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Candidate",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 7.30,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "I was there for three years. I was responsible for developing web applications and maintaining the company's database.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Candidate",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 7.80
    }
  ]
}
```
